I love the lighting on this one, especially the metallic glint. Very intense!

YES YES YES

I'm consistently struck by how dynamic these poses are. Thank you for your great art!

It seems a bit ridiculous to avoid any kind of moralizing in a game called "Fable," a word for stories with a moral. In fact, the more cartoonish and in-your-face the moral is, the closer the game gets to evoking Aesop and the Brothers Grimm.

I value introspection, but I know I'm inflexible enough that I won't get there on my own. I follow posters like you because your opinions allow me to interrogate my own. Even if it's a parade of minor bad takes (which imo your feed is not) it's still good for me to ask "why do I disagree with this?"

I think we're all a little Titanus Doug

Any podcasts (that you don't regularly co-host) you'd shout out as a good listen? On any topic, always looking to expand my horizons!

This *is* deranged behavior and I wish I had the courage to follow your path.

Wait, is Bust A Move just Bubble Bobble under a different name? How am I just figuring this out?

"my dog died from farting so I was not laughing" is probably funnier than every joke in that movie

Joke answers:
Splash
Protect
Dragon Ascent

Real answers:
Sludge Bomb
Rock Slide
Body Slam

You vs. the eel she tells you not to worry about

Every Zelda has a dungeon like that. It's usually the water-themed one

Like maybe that apex is just a local maximum and a Really Good Idea will come along some day, but it's probably not going to happen while we all chase the coattails of the best there ever was. Give it space and come back in the distant future

I think certain genres of games have already reached an apex and we should cool it on making more. I submit that cozy farming sims are in this category - Stardew Valley fulfilled the genre that Harvest Moon defined and everything since has been a pale imitation

At least a big roster means that when the meta shifts after an update it might be 5 different characters

The story told is my own, inasmuch as a story told by someone else can be.

I respect this take, and I see where it comes from, but I don't agree. I like when narrative content is gated off behind the player's choices and behavior because it means that my experience within the game can be meaningfully different from others'.

"where are you? you were supposed to be here hours ago"
"I'm on Mah Way"

Team Crystal! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off for my senior special at Denny's.

Good on you for choosing objectively the best version too. I am not ashamed to admit middle school me mained "that sword guy from Melee" because he still feels great to play as.

This week, the party finally had a recurring villain, the monk's personal rival, at their mercy. While the monk pondered the ethics of the situation, the party mascot, an adopted kobold, stepped up and stabbed the villain in the neck. The monk decided the moral crisis was acceptably resolved.

This week, the party explored the ninja hideout's basement and found the wizened old founder of the dragonborn ninja clan hanging out in a spooky cavern. Our dragonborn monk from an offshoot clan sasses her, and gets clapped back with "actually I'm a dragon in disguise so watch yourself."

I love how goofy V is in comparison to the rest of the series. When it hits you with heartfelt tender moments, while they may not be as deep or dramatic or tragic as FF is capable of, they're still memorable by their contrast with the rest of the game's tone.

I love the Unown spelling out "crystal version tips" in the top banner. That's how you can tell these writers knew their stuff.

Absolutely agreed. The only exception is Princess Mononoke. Despite being an outstanding film, it definitely crosses the "graphic violence" threshold.

In a similar vein is Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I want to love that game so much, but man those devs sure packed in all of the lewd anime tropes. It makes me happy that XC3 is such a refutation of that genre convention, even if I think it is overall weaker than 2 from a gameplay standpoint.

*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird

This weekend they explored a ninja mansion and only stumbled into a few of the traps! Thankfully (for me) there is still the whole basement...
#DnD #TTRPG

Totally. The necessity of tools like Kobold Fight Club to properly run my table is an indictment of that design philosophy.